Tag-fastener



F. W. NEWTON.

TAG FASTENER- APPUCATION FILED DEC,8. l9l9.

1 ,360,433. Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

17vvE/v TOR: FRANK W NEWTO/V.

BY M/ W ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TAG-FASTENER.

Application filed December 8, 1919.

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK V. NEWTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tag- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tag fasteners and an object is to provide adevice for securely fastening tags to sacks or other articles. Anotherobject is to provide a fastener so constructed that a pull on the tagwill have no tendency to straighten out or distort the fastener.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear inconnection with the detailed description thereof and the novel featuresembodied in my inventive idea. will.

be particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the application. of myinvention,- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my fastener showing thetag in proper position thereon. Fig. 2 illustrates the first step inapplying the fastener to a sack. Fig. 3 illustrates the next step. Fig.4L illustrates the fastener completely applied to a sack or similararticle.

Referring to the construction shown in the drawings, a strip of materialsuch as wire is bent into triangular shape having a base member 10 andtwo side members 12 and 14. One end of the strip is bent up from thebase member to form a member 16 which is overlapped upon the side member12 so as to extend in the same general direct-ion therewith, the lengthof the member 16 Jeing preferably about half the length of the sidemember 12. From the latter member of the triangle the second or free endof the strip extends beyond the base member 10 to form a member 18adapted to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Serial No. 343,264.

be pushed through the material to which the fastener is to be applied. Atag 20 is threaded upon the fastener so as to be carried by the cornerformed by the base 10 and the side 14. As shown in F ig. 2, the member18 is first pushed through the material such as a sack 22 to which thetag is to be fastened. The member 16 is then brought into position toengage the material of the sack as shown in Fig. 3 and the fastener isdrawn forwardly so that the corner between the base 10 and the side 12of which the member 16 may be considered to form a part is firmlyanchored in the sack, as shown in Fig. 4. In the last-mentioned positionthe tag 20 is firmly secured to the sack in such manner that any pullupon the tag acts entirely upon the base 10, so that there is notendency to straighten out the fastener and cause distortion thereofwhich might result in the parts assum ing such a position thatdetachment of the tag might easily occur. The free member '18 of thefastener is retained inside of the sack, where it is out of the way.

I claim: 7

A tag fastener constructed from a single strip of material formed intotriangular shape, one end nortion of said strip extending at an anglefrom the base member and overlapping upon one of the side members, saidside member having a free end which extends beyond said base member atthe corner thereof opposite the tag-holding corner formed between thebase member and the other of said sides whereby a pull upon the tag actsentirely upon the base member without tendency to straighten-the twoside members.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

FRANK WV. NEWTON.

